Recaps

Ash’s confrontation leaves Makoto doubting herself, first over her failure to protect Princess Ann and then over her anger at Mana’s friendship with Regina. Regina reveals that she sent Ash to teach Makoto a lesson, and Ash’s arguments about Makoto’s expectations of Mana deepen her distress.

• Ash tries to spur the sobbing Makoto to keep fighting, then offers to take her to a hospital or home before Regina arrives.
• Regina says she sent Ash to teach Makoto a lesson because Makoto badmouthed her in front of Mana, and warns Makoto to stay away from Mana and Ash.
• Makoto accuses Regina and the Selfish Organization of destroying Poker Kingdom, while Regina insists that King of Jikochu—not she—destroyed it.
• Makoto questions whether Ash has sworn loyalty to Regina, and Ash explains that he is her Rider but has not sworn loyalty to her.
• Ash argues that Mana can choose her own friends and calls Makoto selfish for expecting her Earthling friends to share her grievances and risks.
• Makoto releases Ash’s arm and backs away, shaken as she struggles with his accusations and remembers him calling her useless.

Makoto apologized to Mana for trying to control her friendships, and Mana reassured her that they were friends and would save Poker Kingdom together. Regina then demanded Ash attack the others, and he summoned the gigantic Dai Bouken robot, leaving the Pretty Cures facing a real machine from the television series.

• Mana, Rikka, and Arisu found Makoto with Ai-chan's help, and Mana confronted Ash for bullying her.
• Makoto apologized to Mana for objecting to her friendship with Regina, and Mana told her she was happy Makoto cared about her.
• Mana declared that the Pretty Cures would save Poker Kingdom and try to persuade King of Jikochu to stop invading worlds.
• Regina revealed that she and Ash were together, and Mana accepted that she still wanted to become Regina's friend.
• Regina demanded that Ash summon something to drive the others away, so he used the Closed Gear Gun to summon Dai Bouken, a gigantic robot from GoGo Sentai Boukenger.

Ash moved Regina and the Pretty Cure girls to Dark Field to keep their fight with Dai Bouken from destroying the city, then resumed the battle there. As the girls struggled under Dark Field’s oppressive influence and Dai Bouken’s relentless pursuit, Mana stepped forward to face the robot.

• Dai Bouken struck the pavement where the girls had stood, and Ash explained that he was helping Regina while considering the danger to the city.
• Ash used the damaged Dark Evolver to transport everyone except Ai-chan into Dark Field, where the Pretty Cure girls found their powers constrained.
• Ash ordered Dai Bouken to resume its attack, and Regina brought him onto the robot’s shoulder to watch the fight.
• Dai Bouken chased the exhausted girls into a ravine, leaving them with nowhere to escape.
• Mana stood alone against Dai Bouken, arguing that the girls needed the courage to overcome it before they could defeat the King of Jikochu.

The Pretty Cures and Makoto endured Dai Bouken’s crushing attack until Ai’s resolve awakened a new power that restored their strength and let them defeat the robot. Ash watched the miracle exhaust the Dark Evolver, while Regina struggled to understand the girls’ friendship and resolve.

• Dai Bouken pinned the Pretty Cures beneath its foot, and Regina urged Ai to give up her friends in exchange for choosing her.
• Makoto joined the others in supporting Dai Bouken, and Ai encouraged her while telling Regina that true friends help and understand one another.
• Ai’s pink radiance and golden light from Ash’s Dark Evolver restored the girls’ powers, allowing Makoto to transform into Cure Sword and the four to push Dai Bouken down.
• The newly empowered Pretty Cures dodged Dai Bouken’s attacks and struck its chest together, disabling its engine and knocking it down.
• Ash found that the Dark Evolver had become an inert toy, while he told Regina that heroes could create miracles by refusing to give up.

The Pretty Cure defeated Ash’s Dai Bouken and escaped the Dark Field, then Aida Ai tried to make Ash and Regina her friends. Regina fled, while Ash rejected Ai’s offer and grew angry when she refused to give up.

• Makoto and the other Pretty Cure overwhelmed Dai Bouken and destroyed it with their Lovely Force Arrow, breaking the Dark Field.
• The group returned to familiar surroundings, where Ai-chan reunited with Aida Ai and the borrowed power began to fade.
• Arisu asked whether Regina’s generosity had led Ash to join the Selfish Organization, while Makoto reconsidered what Ash’s actions meant.
• Aida Ai asked Ash and Regina to become her true friends, but Regina teleported away and Ash said he had no interest in being saved or befriending them.
• Aida Ai insisted that she would keep trying to be Ash’s friend, and Ash’s irritation flared into anger.

After Ash rejected Mana’s offer of friendship and rode away, the girls discussed their hopes for Regina and Ash, while Regina asked Ash about friendship and love. Ash then resumed his comfortable routine, earned a Ziku-Driver from the system, and searched his inventory for a Ridewatch.

• Mana told Ash that helping others made her happy and offered to become his friend, but he rode away without answering.
• The girls discussed Mana’s wish to befriend Regina, and Mana said she wanted Ash to show his true self and smile beneath the sunlight.
• Regina asked Ash what a true friend and true love were, and Ash answered with a joking song about Dyna Ultraman.
• Ash decided to keep enjoying his easy routine and received a Ziku-Driver after accumulating enough Dark Echo.
• Ash began searching his inventory for the Ridewatch he remembered owning.

Ash drew two unwanted Watch-Dial Mechas and suspected that Bel had not returned because of him. When Kenzaki Makoto visited Ash’s home, he welcomed her, gave her a Watch-Dial, and served her coffee that proved far more intense than expected.

• Ash searched his stored items, found a Motorcycle Ride Watch-Dial, and used two Dark Echo draws to obtain Hawk Watch-Dial Mecha and Ball Watermelon Watch-Dial Mecha.
• Ira and Mammo wondered whether Ash had defeated Bel after seeing him leave on his motorcycle.
• Makoto arrived at Ash’s home without Daby, and Ash invited her inside after teasing her about her intentions.
• Makoto cleaned Ash’s trash, and Ash gave her a red-and-white Watch-Dial as a reward for visiting untransformed.
• Ash served Makoto coffee, and she tasted it despite her suspicions, only to find its flavors explosively intense.

Makoto asked Ash to reveal Princess Ann’s location and how to save her, offering to do anything in return. Ash teased her with a demand to defeat her friends, then stopped her before she could choose and began considering a proper condition.

• Makoto spat out Ash’s revolting coffee and confronted him about why she had come.
• Makoto begged Ash for information about Princess Ann and offered to do anything as payment.
• Ash teased Makoto about her chest, then dealt three cards and demanded that she defeat her friends.
• Makoto agonized over betraying Mana and the others, but Ash stopped her before she could choose a card.
• Ash admitted he had only been testing Makoto and began thinking of a proper condition for helping her.

Makoto sought Ash’s help protecting the Princess and endured his humiliating demand that she call him Dad, while Rikka arrived and learned why Makoto had come. Rikka then recounted how Ash had helped her explore her wish to become a doctor, leaving her impressed by his medical skill but unwilling to learn his bizarre methods.

• Ash agreed to help Makoto if she called him Dad, and Makoto reluctantly shouted the title when Rikka arrived.
• Rikka found Makoto crying in Ash’s living room, comforted her, and rebuked Ash for taking advantage of her concern for the Princess.
• Makoto and Rikka exchanged their reasons for visiting Ash, and Rikka explained that she had asked him to help her decide whether she truly wanted to become a doctor.
• Rikka described cleaning Ash’s filthy home, cooking for him, and fighting him after he refused to help with the chores.
• Rikka said Ash had taken her to a hospital, where he performed operations with astonishing speed and successful results, but she could not accept his methods as lessons in becoming a doctor.

Ash gave Makoto a map showing three possible locations for the Princess, then slept through the girls’ cleaning visit and woke to find they had drawn on his face. Later, he dismissed a Kamen Rider Ryuki show as an unreliable record of events and unexpectedly encountered the girls at their usual restaurant, where he reassured them that he had come only to eat.

• Ash gave Makoto the Spade J card, which unfolded into a map marked with three locations, including the Selfish Organization’s base.
• Ash used a ring to fall asleep while Rikka and Makoto cleaned his room, and he later found that they had drawn a tiger-like face on him.
• Ash watched Kamen Rider Ryuki, noticed that its events differed from his memories, and stopped watching because the show was no longer useful as a reference.
• Regina invited Ash to play with her and Mana, and Ash agreed.
• At Oink Tail Tei, Mana learned that Makoto and Rikka had grown closer to Ash, while the girls rejected her suggestion to bring him to their side.
• Ash arrived at Oink Tail Tei for a meal and told the girls he would not reveal their identities, easing their fears that he had discovered their secret base.

Ash visited Ai’s family restaurant, where his bizarre seasoning choices left Kentaro unconscious and bewildered Ai complaining about him. Afterward, Arisu approached Ash in a luxury car and asked him to accept a request, leaving him curious about her intentions.

• Ash teased Ai about her name, then let Kentaro believe he was guiding Ai and her friends as a mentor.
• Ash asked for every seasoning in the restaurant and covered Kentaro’s omurice with a chaotic mixture until Kentaro fainted.
• Ash ate the altered omurice, praised it, and left while Ai and her friends tended to Kentaro.
• Arisu approached Ash in a luxury car, said she wanted to be friends, and asked him to accept a request.

Arisu confronted Ash about his loyalty to the Selfish Organization and challenged him to a fight after he rejected her offer of friendship. She then arranged special training at a Yotsuba dojo, where Ash prepared to battle her as Kamen Rider Ryuga.

• Sebastian and Lance warned Arisu against approaching Ash, but she insisted on speaking with him herself and offered to recruit him for the Pretty Cure side.
• Ash rejected Arisu's offer, grew angry when she suggested he could accept the world, and said he wanted to fight radiant heroes.
• Arisu asked Lance to support her and challenged Ash to satisfy his desire to fight Pretty Cure.
• Arisu brought Ash to a Yotsuba dojo for special training, explaining that she wanted to prepare for future battles over the Royal Jewels and against Kamen Rider Ryuga.
• Ash summoned his belt and prepared to transform, while Arisu declared that she would not let him end the fight quickly.

Ash began special training with Arisu, testing Cure Rosetta in combat and teaching her through an increasingly brutal fight. After Arisu managed to block his accelerated attack, Ash announced the start of phase two and prepared to use the Gear Closure Gun.

• Ash interrupted Arisu’s transformation by taking Lance, then returned the fairy and challenged her to learn from the fight.
• Arisu transformed into Cure Rosetta, and Ash warned her that he knew little about teaching beyond fighting and being fought.
• Ash and Cure Rosetta battled through the dojo, where he exposed her lack of combat experience and she resolved to use her martial arts to protect herself.
• Cure Rosetta studied Ash’s superior footwork and reflexes but struggled to keep up as he matched and exceeded her growing strength.
• Ash used Accele Vent and Dark Phalanx, but Cure Rosetta blocked the barrage with Rosetta Wall and forced them apart.
• Ash declared phase two of the training and selected a gear for the Gear Closure Gun, while Arisu protested that summoning heroes would be unfair.

Ash summoned Zyuoh Eagle to help fight Arisu, then began the brutal third phase of her training after she survived his attacks. Arisu was left battered and unconscious as Ash insisted that the fight would continue.

• Ash summoned Zyuoh Eagle, who joined him in attacking Arisu and later transformed into Beast King Gorilla.
• Arisu tried to defeat Ash with a flying kick, but Ash blocked it with Guard Vent and announced another phase of the fight.
• Ash started phase three, and he and Beast King Gorilla overwhelmed Arisu despite her use of Rosetta Reflection.
• Ash redirected a DragClaw fireball off the Dragreder Shield to strike Arisu from behind and break her barrier.
• Ash revived the unconscious Arisu with a slap, then lifted her by the throat and told her the training was not over.

Yotsuba Arisu awakened her power and defeated Ash in their battle, but Ash recovered from his injury and insisted on continuing the fight. Arisu tried to make him stop as he charged at her again.

• As Arisu began to lose consciousness, she resolved to protect her friends and keep Ash from becoming their enemy.
• Arisu pushed Ash back, regained her strength, and used her light fans to land her first effective hit on him.
• Arisu deflected Ash’s attacks and broke his chain sword before their flying kick and fist collided, leaving both fighters injured.
• Ash praised Arisu, confessed that he was falling for Cure Rosetta, and then declared he would keep fighting her.
• Ash reset his injured leg and attacked again, while Arisu deflected his blows and urged him to stop before he hurt himself further.

Yotsuba Arisu, as Cure Rosetta, tried to make Ash understand that she wanted to protect him as well as her friends, while Ash challenged her belief in love. After Arisu took a devastating attack and lost her transformation, Yamato struck Ash, leaving him asking whether Yamato was angry.

• Arisu used her clover barrier as a spinning saw, broke Ash's Dragreder Shield, and fought him while asking why he kept choosing battle.
• Ash said he fought for his own interests and, in that moment, for Arisu, while she declared that she fought to protect her loved ones and wanted to protect him too.
• Arisu told Ash she believed love existed in his heart and revealed that her love had awakened her new power as Cure Rosetta.
• Ash fired the Whale Transformation Cannon at Arisu, but Dark Dragreder rammed her out of its path before the blast struck it and sent it back into the Mirror World.
• Arisu collapsed as her battle suit dispersed, and Yamato punched Ash, who then asked whether Yamato was angry.

After defeating Arisu, Ash reflected on his actions as Arisu discovered a hidden card and later confronted him about concealing his feelings. The Pretty Cure then searched a museum for clues to Princess, where Regina arrived and tried to make friends with them.

• Arisu found a hidden [Survive (Blaze)] card beneath [Final Vent], and its power awakened as she fainted.
• Ash stayed beside Arisu until dusk, returned the newly usable card, and asked whether she had feared his attack; Arisu said she trusted him.
• Arisu left in a car after telling Ash he could not act without hiding something, leaving him puzzled.
• Makoto led the Pretty Cure to the Forest Sculpture Art Museum to search for clues about Princess.
• Regina approached the girls, apologized for her previous actions, and asked them to play with her.
• Ai encouraged Regina to befriend everyone, but Regina misunderstood and declared that the girls had to belong to her.

Regina tried to become friends with the Pretty Cure girls while Ash watched Ultraman Ginga with Ai at the art museum. After the group found Joe and Ash greeted Arisu and Makoto familiarly, Ai and Joe were left wary of how close the girls seemed to be with him.

• Regina promised to try to become friends with the Pretty Cure girls, who took her around the art museum.
• Ai found Ash watching Ultraman Ginga beside an Ultraman sculpture and watched with him while they discussed Ultramen.
• Rikka arrived with a clue, scolded Ash for teasing Ai, and led Ai away from him.
• Ash followed the girls and encountered Joe, who recognized him as a dangerous and unpredictable man.
• Arisu greeted Ash and thanked him for the bandage he had given her, leaving Joe and Ai puzzled by her familiarity with him.

Aida Mana learned that Arisu, Rikka, and Kenzaki Makoto had each grown closer to Ash, while Regina grew jealous of his friendship with the girls. After the group discussed a statue resembling Princess and returned Ash’s Steel Tank Full Bottle, Ash reflected on honesty, teased Rikka, and accidentally made Ai-chan cry before Regina cheered her up.

• Aida Mana questioned Arisu, Rikka, and Kenzaki Makoto about their relationships with Ash and realized she had made the least progress with him.
• Joe Okada left Ai-chan with the girls, and Regina confronted Ash for becoming close to them; Ash persuaded her that befriending them would strengthen their friendship.
• Makoto described a statue resembling Princess, and Ash suspected the gift-shop brother who spoke to it was connected to her.
• Aida Mana returned Ash’s Steel Tank Full Bottle, prompting Ash to reflect on how difficult it was to uphold childhood lessons about doing what was right.
• Ash poked Ai-chan until she cried, but Regina made her laugh again, leaving the girls more open to the idea of befriending her.

Regina spent the day with Ai and the other girls, learned what it meant to share responsibility with friends, and declared that she wanted to be friends with everyone. Her feelings awakened the red gem into a Royal Crystal, but Regina then became mysteriously drawn to it as her eyes turned crimson.

• Regina sang Ai to sleep and warmed to the girls while they admired a statue that appeared to depict a Poker Kingdom Princess.
• Regina urged Ash to give the statue’s red gem to the girls, and Ash pried it out, causing the statue to collapse.
• The girls apologized to the museum and helped clean up, while Ash used a watermelon robot to gather the fragments.
• Ai and Rikka explained friendship and shared responsibility to Regina, who declared that she wanted to be friends with everyone.
• The red gem transformed into a Royal Crystal, and Regina became fixated on it as her sea-blue eyes turned crimson.

Regina took a Royal Jewel and fell into a hostile, altered state, demanding the other jewels from the Pretty Cure. Ash transformed into Ryuga and fought the girls while trying to find a way to bring Regina back, but the chapter ended with him capturing Ai and Regina demanding the jewels in exchange for her.

• Regina took the Royal Jewel, her eyes turned red, and she demanded that the Pretty Cure hand over their jewels.
• Ash transformed into Ryuga and fought the Pretty Cure, remembering how Regina had once worked tirelessly to help him.
• The Pretty Cure coordinated their attacks and gradually gained ground, but Ash realized Regina remained fixated on the jewels.
• Ai became distracted by doubts about Regina, allowing Ash to defeat the other girls and capture her.
• Regina laughed and demanded that the Pretty Cure trade the Royal Jewels for Ai.

Ash helped Regina confront her desire for the Royal Jewels by staging a dramatic defeat, prompting her to choose concern for him and retreat with him. After Joe arrived too late to help, he suggested Ash might be guiding the Pretty Cure, then the girls interrogated Joe about his Poker Kingdom Rider armor.

• Ash reminded Regina that friendship mattered more than the Royal Jewels, then persuaded Ai to strike him so Regina would worry about him.
• Ai elbowed Ash, who exaggerated the hit and pretended to be badly injured; Regina kept one jewel, chose to help him, and teleported away with him.
• Joe arrived after the battle, apologized for his cryptic behavior, and suggested Ash might be guiding the Pretty Cure through his harsh methods.
• The girls took Joe to Arisu’s underground base and interrogated him about his Poker Kingdom Rider armor, using a bright lamp and offering him pork cutlet rice.

Joe revealed that he was a Rider from Poker Kingdom and led the girls to the final Royal Jewel, while Ash proposed wagering his Ryuga Card Deck against the Pretty Cure’s jewels. After the first two rounds tied, Ash and Ai agreed to settle the match with a cooking contest.

• Joe told Makoto that he was a Rider from Poker Kingdom and had come to help the girls find the final Royal Jewel.
• Ash woke to find Ira and Mammo had wrapped him in bandages, then checked on Regina and agreed to help her reclaim the jewels.
• Joe guided the girls to defeat a Jikochu and obtain the final Royal Jewel, while Ash proposed a game for all the jewels and wagered his Ryuga Card Deck.
• Regina moved the contest to an alternate dimension, where the Selfish Organization won the first round through cheating and the Pretty Cure took the second.
• Ash rejected poker and a Duel after the girls objected, and Ai proposed a cooking contest for the deciding round.
• Ash accepted Ai’s cooking challenge after she introduced herself as the daughter of Oink Tail Tei’s owner.

Ai and Ash competed to make omurice in the third round, but Ash’s cooking overwhelmed the judges despite its perfect appearance. After Ai endured a taste and offered to teach Ash proper seasoning, he agreed to try her dish, leaving the cooking contest’s result unresolved.

• Regina transformed the stadium into a kitchen, and Ai and Ash began the individual omurice contest while their teammates watched.
• Ai noticed Ash’s cooking technique was flawless, while Ash recalled that his previous teachers had warned him about his disastrous seasoning.
• Ash and Ai served their omurice, and Regina agreed to let both sides judge after Arisu objected to the Selfish Organization deciding alone.
• Makoto, Rikka, and Arisu gave Ai’s spicy omurice high marks, while Ira and Mammo tasted Ash’s dish, praised it, and collapsed; Regina fell after trying it too.
• Ai tasted Ash’s omurice, endured its terrible flavor, and offered to teach him proper seasoning; Ash agreed and then sampled Ai’s dish.

Ash helped Regina choose friendship and keep her promise to Pretty Cure, then confronted Mammo and Ira when they tried to attack him. The Royal Jewels flew toward another part of Earth, while Ash left Mammo and Ira doubled over in pain.

• Ai served Ash spicy food suited to his dulled sense of taste, and he declared Pretty Cure the winner.
• Regina hesitated to hand over the last Royal Jewel, but Ash urged her to honor her promise and choose the path she wanted.
• Ash gave his card case to Ai as proof that his promises mattered, and Regina returned the Royal Jewel and agreed to join the others.
• The five Royal Jewels converged into a pillar of light and flew toward another part of Earth, and Regina left to follow them.
• Mammo and Ira blocked Ash and attacked him, but he caught their fists with his bare hands.
• Ash released Mammo and Ira into each other and punched them in the stomach, leaving them vomiting in pain.